Crownvic From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 1595 posts, RR: 6 Posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 3537 times:
Anybody out there know why this is being operated with a 744 today??? Its on FlightAware. My guess is its extra capacity for Christmas holiday rush...Great opportunity to catch a domestic short ride on a 747 no less!
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9286 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 3499 times:
It's not a scheduled passenger flight, but a charter. The only people allowed on-board will be the crew.....and the charter.
[Edited 2007-01-01 21:47:54]
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
Crownvic From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 1595 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 3474 times:
Neilalp From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1034 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 3475 times:
Doing Orlando-Madison, WI tonight for the Wisconsin Badgers
DeltaRules From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3623 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3102 times:
Saw it land from the US terminal at MCO earlier today. Wondered what in the world it was doing in MCO until I remembered about the Capital One Bowl. It was pretty cool to see an NW 747 at MCO in any case.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3076 times:
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8772 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3061 times:
Quoting Graphic (Reply 5): Why would the badgers need a 747?
A lot more extra people for bowl games. Not only do you have the team and coaches, but the coaches' families, plus a lot more university adminstration and their families (pretty much every university VP goes down for a bowl game). This compares to the regular season, where it's the team, the coaches (no families, since they leave Friday and back Saturday night) and a few administrators (again, no families).
KstateinALB From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 732 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3027 times:
Quoting Graphic (Reply 5): Why would the badgers need a 747?
Well, theres all of the equipment, band, team, coaches, special passengers, etc. I don't believe there will be fans on this a/c, I know that WN did some Wisconsin charters on Friday for fans.
AviatorTJ From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1838 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 2700 times:
Quoting Dazed767 (Reply 6): DC-10 tomorrow from what I heard.
UN_B732 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 4286 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 2652 times:
I heard NW only has 2 DC-10s left, and they're both operating MSP-HNL
is that true?
-Mr. X
Sbagdon From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 17 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2542 times:
I'm hearing there's only two *active* DC-10s (1234 being one of them), but there's others that are still functioning (charters, backups, etc). Supposedly, the DC-10s are still available for charter, after the 1/7/7 HNL retirement.
4everRC From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 322 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2332 times:
Quoting Centrair (Reply 9): Disclaimer: I am a Wisconsinite! Go Badgers!
I'm glad you added the disclaimer - I was thinking "Jeez hey, he better pipe down a minute, er I'll stick his head in the bubbler."
MSNYX From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 127 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2200 times:
Quoting Neilalp (Reply 3): Doing Orlando-Madison, WI tonight for the Wisconsin Badgers
Quoting Graphic (Reply 5): Why would the badgers need a 747?
It was for the badger band. The 747 was for the upper class-men in the band and the cheerleaders. There was also a RD 737 for the freshmen band members. I know this because my brother is in the band and I went to the airport to see them land. I took a few pics of the 747 as it is not often that we get them here in MSN.
The whole band got on busses and took forever getting to the McClain center to get their luggage, so I drove around downtown and took some pics of the capitol building and also of the world famous state street.
Quoting 4everRC (Reply 14): Quoting Centrair (Reply 9):
Disclaimer: I am a Wisconsinite! Go Badgers!
I'm glad you added the disclaimer - I was thinking "Jeez hey, he better pipe down a minute, er I'll stick his head in the bubbler." Wink
ON WISCONSIN!!! CAPITAL ONE BOWL VICTORY!!!
GO BADGERS!!!
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me
Neilalp From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1034 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2088 times:
Quoting MSNYX (Reply 15): There was also a RD 737 for the freshmen band members.
Interesting that they needed another 737 for the freshman band members. Must have been more than Band, Band Staff, and Cheerleaders on that plane. I would find it hard to imagine the band used all 408 seats.(I'm not doubting you since you had a family member on board, but just seems weird) I was a part of a BigTen band and we all always traveled together and never split up flights.
MSNYX From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 127 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2014 times:
Quoting Neilalp (Reply 17): Interesting that they needed another 737 for the freshman band members. Must have been more than Band, Band Staff, and Cheerleaders on that plane. I would find it hard to imagine the band used all 408 seats.(I'm not doubting you since you had a family member on board, but just seems weird) I was a part of a BigTen band and we all always traveled together and never split up flights.
In past years, the band was a lot smaller. This year was the first year that they did not cut anyone, therefore making the band much bigger than an average band. But you are correct that there were band more than band associated people on the plane. As my brother put it, "A bunch of rich old guys who give alot of money to the UW got to sit in first class." I had asked him if he got to sit in first class, since it was international business, and that was his response. So I guess along with the band were a bunch of university donors.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me
4everRC From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 322 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1865 times:
Quoting MSNYX (Reply 15): I took a few pics of the 747 as it is not often that we get them here in MSN
Those pics look AWESOME! In all the times over the years I've been to MSN, I've never seen a 747 there. Thanks for the great shots!
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21029 posts, RR: 60 Reply 21, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1834 times:
Did the 4 flights race home? I'm sure the 737 lost, but do they let the 747 fly full speed domestic USA?
Quoting Centrair (Reply 9): Disclaimer: I am a Wisconsinite! Go Badgers!
"Badgers?! We don't need no stinkin' Badgers!!!!"
(if you know the movie this EXACT quote is from, you're very hip...)
Quoting MSNYX (Reply 18): As my brother put it, "A bunch of rich old guys who give alot of money to the UW got to sit in first class."
Talk about ungrateful. How about: "rich old guys that are paying for this 747 out of their pockets got to fly first class."
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
VC10DC10 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 960 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1751 times:
Quoting Sbagdon (Reply 12): Supposedly, the DC-10s are still available for charter, after the 1/7/7 HNL retirement.
Hmm... you thinking what I'm thinking? A little A.net excursion?
Are any of the following NW DC10s still in the fleet?
N221NW
N224NW
N225NW
These are the only DC10s I've flown on. I've seen them many times besides at SEA and MSP, and I love them!
Mptpa From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 516 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1737 times:
Pardon my ignorance, but I am curious hence I must ask... Who pays for this charter? And what would such a charter cost for MCO???
25 VC10DC10: Personally, I expect the taxpayers of Wisconsin paid for it. It's dem Badgers, ya know. Der worth it. (I'm from Wisconsin, too.)
26 Dazed767: Well the wx at MCO was crap today, so I probably missed my chance at seeing a NW DC-10 move for the last time.
27 Msnyx: No clue about how much it costs, but a university gets 4.5 million for making it to a bowl like the capital one. Michigan and USC got 17 million each
28 RC135U: Bet you have even a harder time finding brats in Japan than I do living in NJ...
29 Falstaff: Those are couple of airplanes you don't see in Madison often.
30 TVNWZ: Off topic..but, after some travel expenses, the money is divided evenly with all the schools in the team's respective conferences.
31 Dman777: i have a question who does OU use to transport them to different games like last nights game
32 AviatorTJ: No. As far as I have seen at MSP lately, N234NW is the only one operated scheduled, and N237NW is spare. Unless there are some others hiding around t
33 USAFHummer: After the Fiesta Bowl there were quite a few charters... Miami Air 737-800 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BSK654 Champion Air 727-200 http://flig
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